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Angela July 27, 2015

Keep your fitness appointment

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I went to visit my best friends to celebrate a very special birthday. I hadn’t seen them in forever so it was so great. Sadly, I didn’t get many pictures but I got a few.

The key to life is to surround yourself with good people. I think I’m winning in this department, finally. I did video…but it’s not ready yet. The weekend video will be up on Wednesday. Today’s video is about motivation and keeping your fitness appointments.
This morning Willie and I went to the gym. I did a workout that he put together for me. It was pretty good but I’ll let you know how I feel tomorrow. We were matching and everyone seemed to notice. Willie is usually bothered by this type of thing, but he wasn’t today. Must be because I was gone the entire weekend.

Watch the video now:

Do you ever struggle to keep your fitness appointments? Do you have a hard time making fitness fit into your daily life?

Angela July 20, 2015

You are enough

I was kind of stumped at what I was going to write about today. I sat at the computer yesterday for something, but I was blocked. Before going to bed, I found this video and it left me speechless. We must all remember that we are enough. There is no mold at to who we should be and who we are should just be enough. I remember thinking if I lost weight then I’ll fit in to the “normal” world. I wouldn’t have the eyes starring at me, taking pity on me or giving me the “looks.” But you know…

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Angela July 15, 2015

Speak your fears

Why does fear always get in the way? I’ve written many times about fear and how it stops me from trying new things or talking to some people. Fear is a crazy thing that creeps into my head when I don’t want it there. Remember being a child and having no fear? Adult hood has really jaded me because it’s not really the fearful act that gets me; it’s the consequences if I fail. I must always keep in mind that failures are not a bad thing. Failures are learning experiences for the future. I’ve been trying something new lately.…

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Angela July 6, 2015

We are only the sum of our experiences.

There’s nothing wrong with a curious mind. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be more, see more or do more. Once upon a time, I thought this made me ungrateful for things in my life. I have always been that person who was constantly looking forward to what was next. I do credit my weight loss success to being able to visualize the future and look forward to all the possibilities that could come. I was curious about all the things I would be and all the things that I could become. My curiosity of life has been sparked. I…

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Angela June 22, 2015

Another day and the best version of yourself

This post will be about nothing. I have a lot of ideas floating round in my head but nothing is sticking. I probably have too much floating around in there to focus on one thing. It’s not just a today problem, it’s been a week long problem. It’s Monday and that means I usually post inspirational/motivational things but I can’t just pin point one message today so you’re going to get many or nothing at all. That gray area in life doesn’t exist to me. I’ve really tried to come up with something to share with you today, but I’ve…

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Angela June 15, 2015

Lessons for achieving your goals

Want to achieve your goals? The biggest tip I can give you is to stay focused on your goal. There are many distractions in life and there will be obstacles that will take you off course. Those are the times when you should check-in with yourself to regain focus on what you’re actually working towards. Weight loss is never an easy road and it’s easy to get frustrated or to lose hope. Keep pushing through those tough times to build your strength, resolve and character. If it were easy, everyone would be doing it, right? Always have a plan to…

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Angela May 11, 2015

Channel that inner ROCKSTAR with confidence

In my mind, I’m a rockstar. I have to think of myself that way so that I can keep pushing and moving on. There’s nothing wrong with thinking I’m a rockstar, right? Thinking I’m a rockstar is just my way of gaining confidence in the moment. At the end of the day, I know I am no different than anyone else, but there are moments that I just need to feel special. Confidence is key and every one needs it to survive. There are definitely moments when I feel like I can’t do something but confidence always pulls me through…

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FixerUpper May 8, 2015

Be true to yourself.

It’s Monday and I like to post motivational stuff on Monday. Sometimes I have these great moments, but most days it’s just a simple message. Today is going to be one of those moments…and I may have talked about this a few zillion times, but I REALLY think it’s important to BE TRUE TO YOURSELF! I’ve struggled. I want to be everything to everyone. I want to feel loved and I want to feel needed. Sometimes I would morph myself to fit this person’s mold and then try to fit into another person’s needs. I can only be myself and…

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Angela April 7, 2015

Always be better than the day before

I’ve been trying to post for the past two days but I did something funky with the site. It took me all this time to figure out what I did wrong. Easy fix but many hours to figure it out. BUT I figured it out and I’m back to blogging. I wanted to talk about motivation for my life lately. Being better than who I was yesterday IS a HUGE thing for me. I tell everyone in my cycle classes in the morning to just be better than they were yesterday. It’s something I always say but maybe I don’t…

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Angela March 23, 2015

There’s always room for improvement

I haven’t been the best blogger lately and I’m going to make some changes. There’s always room for improvement, right? That’s why it important to write down your goals as that constant reminder of what you’re trying to accomplish. I use to be so big on goal setting and meeting those goals. The one thing I was always told people was to set goals, write them down and check them off the list. I use to live by this and then I just stopped. I’ve slacked off. I’ve kind of stopped working toward something and just have been working…I’ve been…

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Angela March 17, 2015

Refreshed and recharged after getting my joy stolen

I have to be honest, I’m writing this for myself today. Notice that I haven’t been as bright and friendly around the blog parts lately? Things haven’t been good but things are better. I think I was just left feeling a little lost after the month of the February. I had a little struggle that turned into something big and I didn’t deal with it right. I resorted to old habits and that kind of scared me. I lost motivation. I lost my drive. I was consumed and over taken by my emotions and it just left me empty. No…

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